Another American child marriage disclosed . Bridegroom arrested 12-year-old wife expecting a baby . Following the outcry in the United States against the marriage of non--year-old Eunice Winstead of Tennessee , another child marriage has been revealed . The bride is a 12-year-old student , Leona Elizabeth Roshia of Watertown , New York , and the bridegroom Stanley S Backus , the painter , also of Watertown . The laws of New York state prohibit issuance of a licence to girls under 18 and youths under 21 . Backus has been arrested and the girl sent to a home . She was expecting a baby . Photo shows , 12-year-old Leona Elizabeth Backus photographed with her husband , Stanley Backus , whose 19 , at the Watertown home . 12 February 1937 *** Local Caption ***